Barbs 1960 Journal 4. June 6-7 Dean's Meadow 6400 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. Enr. Eagle Lake June 6 Left Berkeley 8:30 a.m., arrived here about 6:15 p.m., via Truckee, Loyalton, & Susanville. Came into the area part Eagle Lake, which is NW fine slightly. The meadow & surroundings is a disappointment. The area has been heavily logged, and some slopes are almost denuded. Fire has also swept the area, and a large proportion of the remaining trees, all fairly small, are partly dead. There is a small lake at the [illegible] end of the meadow, a spring with a small pond for cattle) at the W end. I camped at the E end. There are cattle on the meadow ( they left during the night) and the whole area is grazed & disfigured with logging roads. It a pretty area now, but it must have been once. There is no brush in the meadow, nor anywhere else. Trees are mostly Yellow pine, a few White fir, and a few aspens in the meadow. A large colony of ground squirrels, some chickarees. Heard coyotes just as I went to bed. Walked around from 7:30-9:30 p.m., going to E overlooking Willow Creek Valley, then back along ridge N of the meadow. Took about 10, up at 6. Worked for 2 1/2 hrs. to the West, about the same elevation. The slopes have been logged & burned, the only live trees are small, & there are many dead snags and lots of fallen logs & slash. Farther W, at the edge of the ridge, there is more timber, but nothing to brag about. It was